The view sequences contains all
sequences defined in the current database. Only those sequences
are shown that the current user has access to (by way of being
the owner or having some privilege).

Table 34-40. sequences
Columns

Name

Data Type

Description

sequence_catalog

sql_identifier

Name of the database that contains the sequence
(always the current database)

sequence_schema

sql_identifier

Name of the schema that contains the sequence

sequence_name

sql_identifier

Name of the sequence

data_type

character_data

The data type of the sequence. In PostgreSQL, this is currently always
bigint.

numeric_precision

cardinal_number

This column contains the (declared or implicit)
precision of the sequence data type (see above). The
precision indicates the number of significant digits. It
can be expressed in decimal (base 10) or binary (base 2)
terms, as specified in the column numeric_precision_radix.

numeric_precision_radix

cardinal_number

This column indicates in which base the values in the
columns numeric_precision and
numeric_scale are expressed. The
value is either 2 or 10.

numeric_scale

cardinal_number

This column contains the (declared or implicit) scale
of the sequence data type (see above). The scale
indicates the number of significant digits to the right
of the decimal point. It can be expressed in decimal
(base 10) or binary (base 2) terms, as specified in the
column numeric_precision_radix.

start_value

character_data

The start value of the sequence

minimum_value

character_data

The minimum value of the sequence

maximum_value

character_data

The maximum value of the sequence

increment

character_data

The increment of the sequence

cycle_option

yes_or_no

YES if the sequence cycles,
else NO

Note that in accordance with the SQL standard, the start,
minimum, maximum, and increment values are returned as character
strings.